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Old religious factions are volcanoes burned out on the lava and ashes and squalid scoriae of old eruptions grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine and the sustaining corn.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
Olives
Eruptions
Peaceful
Factions
Squalid
Grow
Vines
Eruption
Grows
Sustaining
Lava
Religious
Corn
Olive
Ashes
Vine
Cheering
Cheer
Volcanoes
Burned

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